“El Rodeo” happens to be on Kyuss last studio album …And The Circus Leaves Town. Although the actual album wasn’t Kyuss best albums compared to the excellent “Blues for the Red Sun” and equally good “Welcome to Sky Valley”, it did churn out this little diddy. “El Rodeo” happens …

213 is a song by Slayer which appears on their album Divine Intervention. The song opens up with a clean guitar playing an extremely eerie riff, although you know that if Slayer has a clean guitar, then the riff is obviously going to have a dark and eerie mood …

Neil Young is probaably one of the most famous artists in music today. Neil Young ha been around since the ’60’s and is one of the artist which I heard all the time growing up. My parents both love him and though I think that some of his songs …

I have been a huge fan of the 1970’s Canadian rock band, The Stampeders my whole life. My parents loved them before I was born, so I grew up listening to them, and for the last 5 years I have been blessed to see them each year at the …

Jay-Z
“Change Clothes”
The Black Album
Roc-A-Fella Records
Jay-Z decides to throw his thug life out the window and make videos for homosexuals. “Change Clothes” is the first single and music video off of his eighth and purposed final album titled “The Black Album”, but we all know that wasn’t the case being …

Cold Dark World is a song by Weezer which appears on their self-titled record, otherwise known as The Red Album. Like some of the other songs on The Red Album, this track doesn’t feature Rivers Cuomo singing lead, so it doesn’t exactly have the characteristic power pop sound which …

Canadian MetalCore band, The Agonist, is acclaimed for their hard-hitting riffs, lush guitar and vocal melodies, and brutal Death Metal growls and screams (done by female vocalist Alissa White-Gluz, no less). Their second and most recent album, “Lullabies for the Dormant Mind” (released in March of 2009) demonstrates all …

I use Ain’t that Ashame by Cheap Trick to walk to when I go out for a brisk walk. It is a very upbeat song and Cheap Trick does one of the best versions of it that I have ever heard. It’s a great dance song with a bit …

When I first heard Phoenix’s new songs off of ‘Amadeus’ I found it to be absolutely amazing. My favorite tracks off it would have to be ‘Fences, and 1901′ the most popular tracks indeed. Although I found that after thorough listening, almost every song on the album began to …

I just recently started listing to Sufjan Stevens and really really really enjoy them. they have a unique sound that I dont think can be found in any other artist of today. the track titles are extreamly long and hilarious such as track #2 entitled The Black Hawk War, …

Puff Daddy ft. Chuck D. and Jam Master Jay
“P.E. 2000 (Rock Remix)”
Forever
Bad Boy Entertainment
To ensure any possible success with the original “P.E. 2000″, I guess Puff Daddy decided to do two remixes of the song, including this rock remix right here, but even this is not enough to salvage …

The Dance, sung by Garth Brooks, holds different meaning to different people. For me, it is about the death of a child. To others, it is about lost love. It truly can be whatever you want it to be about. This is one of my favorite Garth Brooks songs. …

Steal this Album! Is unfortunately my least favorite of the System of a Down albums, but that doesn’t make it a bad album; it’s still a fairly good album, because even when System of a Down is at their worst, they’re still fairly good.
The first is Chic’n Stu which …

Overview - The Final Cut, Pink Floyd’s final record with Roger Waters, is truly an album that’s dominated by Waters himself. He sings lead on every track except one, where Gilmour sings lead on, and to be honest - just about every track on here is carried by him …

Taylor Swift seems to be the new “it” girl these days in both the worlds of country music and pop music. Her records sell tons of copies and her concerts sell out. She has been extremely successful, and after purchasing and listening to her newest album entitled “Speak Now,” …

Jay-Z ft. Foxy Brown
“Ain’t No Playa”
Reasonable Doubt
Roc-A-Fella Records
“Ain’t No Playa” is the second single and music video from Jay-Z’s debut album “Reasonable Doubt”, following “Dead Presidents”. It is also on the soundtrack for the 1996 Eddie Murphy comedy film “The Nutty Professor” (because you know there ain’t no playa …

Rock And Roll is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their album Loaded. Opening up with a fairly quick but empty sounding introduction, the intro makes good use of some nice bass fills, but unfortunately really lacks in a guitar riff to hold my attention. Nevertheless, …

Viva La Vida is a cover of the Coldplay song performed by Weezer and appearing on their record, Hurley. Although I can’t really comment on the actual songwriting of this track because it’s a cover, I can certainly focus on Weezer’s interpretation of the song which is actually pretty …

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street is a film by Tim Burton which stars Johnny Depp as the title character, Sweeney Todd. The basis of this story is that Todd, previously named Benjamin Barker, is a man who was banished from a town because the judge …

Wait is a song by The Beatles which appears on their record Rubber Soul. The track opens up with the vocals coming first before the rest of the instrumentation coming in to join the vocals on the song. Though a listener can certainly hear the unique sound of the …

Turd On The Run is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Exile On Main Street. The song starts off with a piano bit accompanied by a harmonica lead over it which gives the track somewhat of a blues sound but it also has a …

Anatholi Bulkin is a guitarist, known jazz compositions that attractive and interesting. Maybe like that seen in the album Initiation (1999), together, Anders Hentze (drums), and Jonas Reingold (bass). A progressive jazz album rich with elements of Afro-Cuban culture. Jazz compositions that He created quite a lot, with a …

New Potato Caboose is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their record Anthem Of The Sun. The track starts off with a mellow organ line followed by a clean guitar riff and a faint bass line as well. The track starts off fairly quietly before further …

Hangar 18 is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record Rust In Peace. I’ll mention right now that if you aren’t really a person who enjoys guitar solos very much, this probably isn’t a track that you’ll enjoy all that much, or at least as much as …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Survivor
Album: Survivor
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
The three women of Destiny’s Child reunite with music video director Darren Grant once again (whom had directed most of their early music videos) for “Survivor”, the group’s first single and music video from their third album also titled “Survivor”, following …

One of the most essential things you need when youre playing in a band is a really durable cable and long enough so you can move arouund alot. At guitar center they told me to buy the Mogami cables. I bought a 25 ft cable and I am very …

Overview - Earth A.D., The Misfits’ final album with vocalist and songwriter Glenn Danzig, is honestly just an assault of aggressive music from start to finish without much of a break anywhere in between. To me, this description honestly
doesn’t sound very appealing at all simply because it sounds as …

Being a combination between Drake, Jayz, Lil Wayne and Eminem this song is full of great vocals!! Its not your average rap song, its gives off more of a pop/r&b type of vibe. Im not a huge R&B fan but this song is catchy as all get out! These …

I first discovered the alternative band Lifehouse in 2001 when I heard their single Hanging By a Moment. I loved the song and Jason Wade’s voice so much that I had to buy their album, No Name Face. Usually an album has one or two songs that I do …

Lil Wayne’s Criticly acclaimed “The Carter 3″ is his most anticipated album yet, with featured guest such as Jay-Z, T-Pain, Babyface, Robin Thicke, Bobby Valentino, Fabolous, Juelz Santana, and more it will be a valuble asset to any hip-hoper’s Music Collection. The CD contains a variety of hip-hop and …

The Gaslight Anthem is a punk rock band from New Jersey. “The 59 Sound” is there second album less than two years, but it seems like they have been working on this forever. They are quoted as saying that Bruce Springsteen is one of their main influences …

A few days ago i got my hands on the Digitech Grunge distortion. At first it seemd like any other gadget on my pedal board but when I pluged in my guitar, with a set of seymore duncan pickups in it, I just heard this wild roar with a …

The Murder Mystery is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their album of the same name. Interestingly enough, I just finished reviewing another track from the same album entitled Beginning To See The Light and I must say that I think these two songs are completely …

Porcupine tree is a british rock band formed in the ‘90 by the guitarist and vocalist Steven Wilson. The actual formation of the band is Steven Wilson (guitar and vocals), Richard Barbieri (keys, synths and piano), Colin Edwin (bass guitar) and Gavin Harrison (drums).
And after a little about the …

Anyone compiling a collection of the ultimate collection of rock albums has to include this 1977 disc. I can still remember hearing this for the first time and being amazed that bands played like that. The foul language was shocking, especially the rant at the end of …

Lil Wayne just released his much awaited cd Tha Carter 3 and having heard so much about his amazing rhymes I thought that I would give the cd a listen. I figured I had nothing to lose since it was supposed to be one of the best cds of …

If your looking for a real classic and raw in your face band check out the band Airbourne. This band is from Sydney, Australia and they have musical inspirations such as Motorhead,ACDC,Iron Maiden and Rose Tattoo. You can tell that they definetely get the most inspiration from ACDC mostly …

People might shrug by the musical genre called Melodic death Metal as this is a subgenre not worth the mention with bands churning sub-par albums from this genre.But to this Finnish metal maniacs going by the name of Omnium Gatherum,they have managed to infuse this once infected genre with …

It seems that there is nothing that this petite and cute young woman, Miley Cyrus cannot do. She is exceptionally good in singing and that is certainly reflected in her Breakout by Miley Cyrus album. The main reason that I totally support her brand of music is her …

Watching Disney programs, I grew up watching Selena Gomez and her best friend Demi Lovato in this one film entitled Princess Protection Program. I adore this two young ladies and been supporting shows they do, even if they are together or individually. Demi Lovato is such a fine lady …

I must say that Twilight the Soundtrack is quite the rave for me nowadays. The songs featured inside are all quite catchy and you have nice beats, fast ones, kind of melodramatic tunes and sometimes kind of rock sounding. Including in the rock tunes and other beats would …

The liner notes are essentially just the lyrics, but it is pretty thick considering that there are 16 songs on the CD. I do wish they were easier to read. Give me old fashioned LP records when you didn’t need a magnifying glass to read lyrics.
Treat Her …

George Strait is one of the top country music singers in it’s history. His songs have always had the tendency to fly high in the charts and people across the United States love his music. I am one of his fans and there are very good reasons why. There …

Back Door Man is a song which appears on The Doors’ self-titled debut record which is a cover of a Willie Dixon track. What I simply have to praise about this song, even as it’s just about forty-five seconds in is that it has a very nice laid-back groove …

Together Again is a song from Janet Jackson. It is part of the album The Velvet Rope. It is originally written as ballad but they re-arranged it and come out with an energetic melody that you can dance with it. When I heard the first line of lyrics and …

Are You Sure Hank Done It This way is by Waylon Jennings. It seems like he is asking a question about how Hank made it big because he is trying to copy him. I personally don’t think anyone needs to copy how someone else made it to be successful …

I am sure this one sounds far out, but yes, Kuff is the name of a song by an artist named Shelley Thunder who is a dancehall artist or queen. It is now a song which we would call Old School here in Trinidad and a few other Caribbean …

As my friend and I were griping about it the other night, I realized it might be interesting to offer a perspective on one of the most popular songs of the past year, “Empire State of Mind,” from rapper Jay-Z’s album “The Blueprint 3″ (released in late 2009) which …

Better Than Me by Hinder is a song about how a guy is feeling down about his girl and realizing that the girl deserves better than him. obviously he was not treating the girl right and has tried to convince himself that he is not going to miss her. …

What has happened to Michael Learns To Rock lately..? They have not been making any music; not that I know of. They are an icon personally to me and it would be a real great loss in the music industry if they are really not there anymore. …